Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PANDERMITE
Etymology
Noun
pandermite (uncountable)
(mineral) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite.
Source: Wiktionary
Pan*der"mite, n. Etym: [From Panderma, a port on the Black Sea from which it is exported.] (Min.)
Definition: A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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